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    Design and Selling Recycled Fashion: Acceptance of Upcycled Secondhand Clothes by Female Consumers, Age 25-65
    (North Dakota State University, 2014) Myers, Gail Jeanne
    Fast fashion offers low prices and lots of choices with the opportunity to binge on fashion. Wardrobes are overflowing, and consumers are considering the options for disposal and recycling of their clothes. Upcyling is one way for designers and manufacturers to recycle textiles wherein secondhand fashion is deconstructed and reconstructed into current fashion. Twenty women, ages 25-65, were asked how they recycle their discarded clothing and whether they would be open to buying secondhand clothes if they were upcycled into garments that reflect current trends. Women reported that style and price were more important than environmental causes in their upcycled purchases. Purchase motivators included knowing the genealogy of secondhand textiles and the artistic treatment of upcycled clothes. Barriers to upcycled fashion purchases included concerns about sanitation and an increase in price over comparable garments. Designers, manufacturers, and retailers can use the results to design, market, and sell upcycled fashion.
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    Design of an Audio-Visual Display for Cross-Modal Experimentation
    (North Dakota State University, 2012) Myers, Gail Jeanne
    The present paper shows the characteristics of a hardware/software display capable of presenting, at different spatial locations, multiple audio-visual stimuli in real-time. The system has been developed to provide a tool in neuroscience in event-related potential (ERP) studies, with presentation delays of less than one millisecond. The high time precision achieved makes it possible to overcome problems from previously used technologies in order to create a realistic environment of cross-modal stimulation. The design presented here has been built using a modular approach, which makes the system flexible and adaptable to different experiments or studies. The capability of presenting different stimuli either in audition, vision, or both combined in real-time, facilitates the study of realistic cross-modal attention experiments.